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Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true - that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women currently are blocked off.

Half witch, half killer, wholly unsuccessful at every faery bargain so far...Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading or resurrecting the dead in near-future New Orleans. After entering an accidental engagement, overcoming attempted murder, and discovering a family secret, Geneviève is ready for things to settle down, but carnival season in New Orleans is not the best time of year for "normal". 

 Unsolved: Mysterious Cases That Baffle Us is a collection of unsolved cases over the past century. From the mysterious boy found dead in a box to the Black Dahlia murder case, these stories will leave you with more questions than answers. 

OJ Simpson. Casey Anthony. Amanda Knox. All acquitted for the crimes the public was convinced they had committed. Dive deep into each notorious case, the facts and figures, and the eventual acquittals that shocked the world. 

Being a suspect in the murder of her ex-lawyer is not the fun Doreen thought it would be. And, of course, she’s been ordered to stay away from the case, but she can’t help being interested. So, she enlists Mack’s brother, Nick - her new lawyer - to help. Mack’s first priority is to clear Doreen as a suspect. No one in their right mind would seriously believe she’d done the deed, of course. 

Dying for a Drink is a true story of the chaos and hurt caused by an alcoholic. The author, telling her own story, writes of time spent in multiple rehabs, both in the United Kingdom and Sydney, Australia. She writes in the hope that her story will encourage other alcoholics and addicts (which can be anybody addicted to anything) - that they will see in their own stories the similarities rather than the differences.  

H.H. Holmes is said to have murdered between 20 and 100 people in his twisted "Murder Castle" in the 19th century. He was first serial killer in American recorded history to be caught and imprisoned for his crimes, but he wasn't the last. Other killers such as the Zodiac Killer, the Golden State Killer, and the Uber Serial Killer followed in his footsteps. Some were caught, some still remain, but they will all send shivers up your spine with their horrific crimes. 

What do a German heiress, a 9/11 survivor, and a CEO of a medical company have in common? They all fooled the world with their sneaky tactics to rise to fame. Listen to their stories and hear how they rose to top and eventually fell from grace. 

Did Avril Lavigne and Paul McCartney die and get replaced by lookalikes to continue their music careers? Was there more to the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls that we don't know about? Listen to the stories, conspiracy theories, and more surrounding music superstars from the past century. 

It was never my plan to wake up in a Vegas hotel room as Dominic Mancini’s wife. The man has brought me nothing but heartache since I was 16. At least we agree on one thing - a quickie annulment and we can both get on with our lives. I can go back to teaching little girls to dance, and he can go back to making millions in Wall Street. But sometimes, what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas.

Helicopter pilot Ethan Gelderman V is a man who understands woman, both in and out of the bedroom. Annabelle "Killer" Smith seems to be the only lady who looks at him like he's something she got stuck on her stiletto. Sexy, beautiful, and colder than a glacier, she lives in the small town of Lake Howling alongside his best friend, and she has a lifetime supply of Texan repellent.  

My daughter is dead. My husband and I cling to what’s left of our family, desperate to make sense of the tragedy. But when the sheriff knocks, he delivers news no mother should ever have to hear. Our daughter was murdered. And my son is the prime suspect. When we adopted 11-year-old Holden, we weren’t wearing rose-colored glasses. But we never could have imagined this. They say you can’t pick your family. But I picked mine. Did I choose my daughter’s murderer?

What was supposed to be a leisurely stroll through a peaceful cemetery after a recent funeral turns into the start of a new case. Someone clobbers Doreen over the head and leaves her facedown among the funeral flowers. Is it random violence? Revenge? A warning of worse to come?

We all know that Amelia Earhart went missing that fateful flight around the world, but what happened next? Did she survive? Listen in as true-crime YouTuber Kendall Rae reviews some perplexing mysteries surrounding some of history's most famous figures.

Mia Alcott was in a whole crap load of trouble. The only witness to a horrific crime, she’s on the run, trying to figure out who she can trust and who is out to get her. In come the Malones. They’re loud. They’re violent. They’re rude. And right now, they’re her only shot at survival. Of course, she has to survive living with them. She also has to resist her attraction to Alec Malone. It should be easy, considering he’s an arrogant, bossy ass. 

Four kids vanished without a trace. Only dead-end clues for years, sometimes a decade. Listen to some of the most mysterious unsolved missing children cases from the disappearance of Timmothy Pitzen to the famous case of Madeleine McCann. 

Are aliens communicating by crop circles? What really happened in the aftermath of the infamous Roswell UFO crash? Kendall Rae dives into these mysteries and more. 

Listen to the terrifying tales of Robert the Doll and Annabelle and discover real-life ghost encounters at the most haunted places in the world like the infamous Stanley Hotel and LaLaurie Mansion. These stories are sure to make you check under your bed before you go to sleep at night. 

Rowan Sinclair has trained for a life in the shadows. As a member of the Guild, she's vowed to mercilessly hunt werewolves or die trying. But when one approaches her, claiming to know her missing father's fate, she decides to do the unthinkable - work with one of the very monsters she's sworn to destroy. Dean Mason is a man living with a curse, doing whatever he can to keep the beast inside from sating its bloodlust under the light of the full moon. When a chance meeting offers a tantalizing glimpse of a potential cure, he'll do anything to end the nightmare.

There's nothing sweet about the vengeance I want against Sophia Somerset. When that quick-tongued waitress, with more curves than the real-estate market, makes off with my most prized possession - and the only item saving my company from collapse - payback is the only goal I have planned...at first. My only saving grace? The note she left behind. And my proof. The problem is that I can’t stop thinking about the adorably haphazard thief. Taking my revenge against Sophia may not be sweet. But it sure is sexy.